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<p align="center"><b><font size="4">ESRG Windows® Tool Set Description</font></b></p> |
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<p>The ESRG Windows® tool set consists of a single <a href="../glossary/glossary.htm#installshield_express"> InstallShield <i> Express®</i> |
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installation executable. The installation includes:</p> |
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<li><i>EsrgConsole</i> and <i>EsrgScripter</i>, graphical and console-mode |
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(respectively) versions of Tcl/Tk with extensions for embedded software |
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development.</li> |
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<li>Other graphical utilities useful in embedded software development.</li> |
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<li>Other console-mode utilities useful in embedded software development.</li> |
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<li>The ESRG book (a work in progress) entitled "<i>A Practitioner's |
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Guide To The Design And Development Of Small Microcontroller Software</i>", |
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as a .PDF file. The book contains much useful material, but more |
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importantly documents the tool set.</li> |
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<li>Technical papers and other technical resources to which we were able to |
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obtain the copyright or permission to distribute them.</li> |
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<li>A list of URLs useful in embedded software development.</li> |
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<p>These platforms are supported (the tool set may or may not install on other |
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Windows® platforms):</p> |
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<li>Windows 98®.</li> |
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<li>Windows 2000®.</li> |
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<li>Windows XP®.</li> |
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<p>The Windows® tool set is designed with these goals in mind:</p> |
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<li><b><i>The installation (and uninstallation) should be very conservative and |
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not interfere with any other software</i>.</b> (The installation at |
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present is nothing more than a simple file copy with some links set up on |
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the desktop and in the <i>START</i> menu. It will not interfere with |
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other software and can be [improperly] uninstalled even by deleting the |
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directories involved.)</li> |
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<li><b><i>Different versions of the tool set should be able to coexist</i>.</b> |
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(This requirement comes about because it is common in embedded software |
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developments to "freeze" the set of tools used to build a |
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product. All versions of the tool set can be installed concurrently |
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and will run separately without interfering with each other.)</li> |
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<li><b><i>All executables should be standalone (no .DLL or other dependencies), |
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and it should be possible to move the executables to other locations or |
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other computers</i>.</b> (Embedded software developers |
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often copy utilities from machine to machine or change their location. |
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Additionally, the license allows this with no restrictions.)</li> |
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<p>The following screen snapshots illustrate the type of functionality found in |
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the Windows® tool set.</p> |
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<p>The installation is a normal <i> InstallShield Express</i> installation.</p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss01.gif"></p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss02.gif"></p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss03.gif"></p> |
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<p>The installation is essentially only a file copy. It also installs |
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shortcuts in the <i>Start</i> menu and on the desktop, as shown below.</p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss04.gif"></p> |
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<p>The utilities that are installed fall into a few different categories. |
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The first category is scripting tools, such as <i>EsrgConsole</i>. <i>EsrgConsole</i> |
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has two essential applications:</p> |
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<li>It can be used as a scripting tool for embedded product builds.</li> |
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<li>It can be used as a standalone workbench to perform operations or |
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calculate results useful in embedded system development.</li> |
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<p>The use of <i>EsrgConsole</i> as a graphical scripting tool is not |
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illustrated on this web page, but the snapshot below shows <i>EsrgConsole</i> |
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being used to find the best rational approximation to <font face="Symbol">p</font> |
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with numerator and denominator not exceeding 16 bits.</p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss05.gif"></p> |
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<p>The second category of utility in the Windows® tool set is graphical (GUI) utilities. For example, a graphical CRC-32/MD-5 utility is provided |
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(screen snapshot below).</p> |
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<p align="center"><img border="0" src="ss06.gif"></p> |
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<p>The third category of utility in the Windows® tool set is console-mode (DOS |
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box) utilities. These are not illustrated with screen snapshots. |
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These are helpful utilities to signature files, calculate large integer and |
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number theory results, etc. The console-mode utilities do not have |
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shortcuts installed in the <i>Start</i> menu or on the desktop, but they are |
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documented in <a href="../bk_prac_guide/desc.htm">the book</a> (which is also |
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included as a .PDF file in the ESRG Windows® Tool Set).</p> |
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<p align="center" style="margin-top: -2; margin-bottom: -1"><font size="1">This |
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web page is maintained by <a href="mailto:dtashley@users.sourceforge.net">David |
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T. Ashley</a>.<br>$Header: /cvsroot/esrg/sfesrg/esrgweba/htdocs/win_ts/desc.htm,v 1.5 2003/04/27 08:11:08 dtashley Exp $</font></p> |
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